Rack



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Patented May 5, 19215 1 UNITED STATES anon.

' Application filed April 10. 1924. Serial No. 705,640.

To all whom it may concern":

Be it known-that I, GRANVEL Fa'ANKLiN,

a citizen of the-United States, residing at Flint, in the county ofGenesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Packs, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a rack which may be used in variousrooms of a household for supporting various articles.

The prime object of the inventionis to provide a rack which may besupported on the wall without the necessity of using nails or, the likewhichwould injure the. wall,v

tainnovel features of construction, and in the combination andarrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described andclaimed. 1 In the drawing: Figure 1 is an elevation of the rackembodylng my invention and showing the manner in which the same in ay bemounted, Figure 2 is an end elevationthereof, Figure 3 is a fragmentarylongitudinal section showing one end, and

' Figure 4 is a detail transverse section on an enlarged scale takensubstantially on the line 4 l of Figure 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrow.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the rackconsists of an elongated block or bar 1 and a comparatively short blockor bar 2. A pair of bolts 3' pierce the block 2 and have their heads 1countersunk in the outer end of the block. These bolts 3 are slidablyreceivable in bores 5 ex v tending longitudinally through the block 1.An opening 6' is provided. adjacent one end of the block 1 and athreaded bolt 7 extends longitudinally of the block 1 through theopening (Sand extends beyond the end of the block into the block 2; Aplate 8 is fixed in theinner edge of the opening 6' posed in the opening6 so as to bear against the plate 8 for forcing the block 2 away fromblock 1. The ends of the blocks are provided with a plurality of staplesl1 1,536,885" PATENT QFFI enANvEL FRANKLIN, or FLINT, ivironrenn.

and a nut engaged with the bolt 7 is dis- I which may be arranged toadvantage as shown in Figure 2 that is with the top and bottom staplessubstantially horizontal and the center staple substantially vertical.

The rack is placed between two window ams or a window am and door jam orbetween any two protrusions from the wall of a room and the nut 9screwed bolt 7 so as to bear againstthe plate 8 and force the block 2from blockl so that the ends of the blocks may engage the projectingobjects and the staples will thus be forced into sunicient frictionalengagement therewith so as to hold the rack in place. This all isaccomplished without material injury or disfiguring of the objects orthe wall.

In the present embodiment of the invention, I provide the bottom edge ofthe elongated or body portion 1 with aseries of hooks 13. An L-shapedmember 14 is disposed with its shorter arm 15 rotatable in the top edgeof the body block 1' so that its longer arm 16 may be swung horizontallyfor the support of numerous articles. A pluralityof hooks indicatedgenerally at 17 are mounted on the upper edge of the body block 1 andare formed with an inverted U-shaped body 18 straddling the block heldin place bystaples 19. One of the legs terminates in an. upwardlyextending member 20 forming the hook proper.

upon the Although I- have described the invention with a certain degreeof'particularity, it is to be understood that numerous changes in thedetails of construction, in the materials. and in the combination andarrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from thespirit orscope of the invention or sacrn'icing any of its advantages.

- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is: a

1. A rack of the class described including an elongated body block, anda comparatively. short auxiliary block, a pair of bolts projecting fromthe auxiliary block and slidably piercing one end of the body block, athreaded bolt engaging the auxiliary block and piercing the body block,said body block provided with an opening, a bearing plate in theopening, a nut threaded on the last mentioned bolt Within the opening sothat said last mentioned bolt may be extended from the body block toforce the auxiliary block therefrom, so that both of said blocks may bepressed against the object for supporting the rack all in the mannerand-for the purpose specified.

2. A rack of the class described including an elongated body block. anda comparatively short auxiliary block, a pair of bolts projecting fromthe auxiliary block and slidably piercing one end of the body block, athreaded bolt engaging the auxiliary block and piercing the body block,said body block provided with an opening, a bearing plate in saidopening, a nut threaded on the last mentioned bolt within the opening sothat said last mentioned bolt may be extended from the body block toforce the auxiliary block therefrom so that both of said blocks may bepressed against the object for supporting the rack all in the manner andfor the purpose specified, a plurality of staples provided on the endsof the block for engaging the object.

u. A rack of the class described including an elongated body block, acon'iparatively short auxiliary block, a pair of bolts piercing theauxiliary blocks and having their heads countersunk therein, said boltsslidably piercing the body block, said body block provided with anopening, a longitudinally extending bore communicating with saidopening, a threaded bolt movable through the bore and engaged with theauxiliary block, a nut on the threaded bolt within the opening, abearing plate within the opening so that said nut may be threaded tobear against the bearing plate thereby extending the threaded bolt toseparate the auxiliary block from the body block, staples arranged onthe outer faces of the block to engage objects, and a plurality ofhanging elements mounted on the body block.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

GRANVEL FRANKLIN lVitnesses JAs. E. MoEvoY, KoLoMoN Parr.

